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SAVE THE DATE: ABANA’s 2023 Achievement Award Dinner!
- Programs and Event Planning Internship
- ABANA’s Statement on the Devastating Earthquake that hit Morocco and the Floods in Libya
- Celebrating ESG Excellence: ABANA Showcases Mona Dajani’s Insights from Bloomberg Law
- ABANA Board Vice-Chair Joud Abdel Majeid, Op-ed on WSJ on “BlackRock Gives Investors a Say”
- New Job Opportunity at Ardian
- Summer Internship Opportunity at ABANA
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Spotlight
ABANA is joyous to share an exceptional and pensive op-ed by the Vice-Chair on the ABANA Board of Directors Joud Abdel Majeid.
BlackRock is an industry leader and pioneer in developing new opportunities to make proxy voting more manageable and accessible for eligible institutional clients. Under these rigorous changes, BlackRock’s VOTING Choice will enable more shareholder democracy, which makes for more vibrant and robust capital markets.
We are fortunate to have BlackRock’s leadership in this respect, but more importantly, Blackrock is lucky to have someone as talented as Joud to be the Global Head of Investment Stewardship.
Spotlight
ABANA is elated to feature industry front-runner and ABANA Board of Directors Mona Dajani’s piece, “ESG’s Staying Power Is Too Big for Businesses to Underestimate” published by Bloomberg Law.
Despite contrasting indicators in global regulations and capital markets, Dajani asserts the need for business leaders to consider keeping these initiatives. Moreover, She advocates for the positive correlation between companies’ environmental, societal, and governance (ESG) initiatives and their financial outcomes.
Mona E. Dajani is lauded for her prowess in energy innovation, partnership for the Project Development & Finance practice at International Law Firm Shearman & Sterling, and serving as Global Head of Energy & Infrastructure (Projects), Global Head of Renewables, Head of the Hydrogen and Ammonia Practice (Americas) and Co-Head of the U.S. Energy team.
ABANA Achievement Award
The ABANA Achievement Award, established in 1985, is presented to outstanding individuals in recognition of significant contributions to the fields of banking, investment and financial services. The award dinner, which typically takes place in the fall, is a major, annual event for the international finance community and brings together hundreds of guests to celebrate an exemplary leader and the valuable relationships between North America and the Middle East.